A-1 Appliance Parts Blog

For a few years now we have been selling a pretty unique product made by AC-Safe: a side panel kit for window units. This kit does not just include the plastic accordian-type side fills, but it also includes a metal frame that attaches to the air conditioner body.

Anyway, some time back AC-Safe made the decision to focus on other products and discontinue this one. This was sad news for us because, like I said, it was a unique product and we’ve had a good experience selling it. Our customers liked it and it really seemed to fill a niche. So… we pulled it from our website and quit promoting it. Until recentally.

It turns out AC-Safe found a bunch of these kits in their warehouse and they contacted us to see if we wanted to just take them all. Well, of course we did! So, while they last, we are able to once again offer this unique item- until we run out of course.

If this looks like something you need, you can order part # AC201 here.

A-1 has been selling the Whirlpool 8171414 and 8171413 water filter cartridges for quite a few years and in the past, customers never had a choice- there was only 1 filter distributed by 1 company (Whirlpool). Of course, you could always get the “Sears” version of this filter, part # 9002 or 9002P, but those also came through Whirlpool. This lack of competition allowed Whirlpool to completely dictate the price… until now.

Sealed Unit Parts Co. (Supco) finally finished production on a high quality aftermarket replacement filter designed to give the Whirlpool models a run for your money! Now, Whirlpool and Sears don’t want you to know about this alternative replacement and when it does start to eat into their profits they’ll quickly claim the oem filter is better. Here’s the thing though, this Supco filter (part # WF286) actually filters better than the 8171413 and the 9002 filters it replaces. It is comparable to the higher priced 8171414 & 9002P filters- the Supco WF286 catches 99.99% of water-borne cysts.

We’ve been selling the WF286 replacement filter for about a month now with no complaints at all. And we’re able to sell them at a much lower price than the Whirlpool version (1 for $25.75 and 4 for $84.00). In fact, the only difference I can see between these filters is the sticker and the box!

You can get more technical information or order the WF286 filter here.